MANUAL ALPHABET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manual alphabet mean? 

• MANUAL ALPHABET (noun)
  The noun MANUAL ALPHABET has 1 sense:

1. an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions

  Familiarity information: MANUAL ALPHABET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANUAL ALPHABET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

finger alphabet; manual alphabet

Hypernyms ("manual alphabet" is a kind of...):

alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)

Holonyms ("manual alphabet" is a part of...):

American sign language; ASL (the sign language used in the United States)